The 2013 event was the first of the Car of the Future regulations, which saw Nissan and Mercedes-Benz join the series as the first manufacturers outside Ford and Holden since 1993. Whincup had made an additional pitstop and gained enough ground to take advantage when Davison's car began to run out of fuel. 1 - 3 March 2020 Adelaide, South Australia. [15], The 2000 event once again saw a last-to-first drive, with Mark Skaife winning the Sunday race after starting 38th due to a DNF on Saturday. The Adelaide 500 (known for sponsorship reasons as the Superloop Adelaide 500) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held on the streets of the east end of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. From 1999 until 2020, the track hosted an annual Supercars race, the Adelaide 500, (in most years a 2 x 250 km race) on a shorter, 3.219 km (2.012 mi) variant of the track. Another event held in November is the annual Toy Run which features over 1,000 motorcycle riders donating toys for under privileged children. [5] Between 2014 and 2016 the event consisted of two 125 km races on the Saturday and one 250 km race on Sunday. [13] 2002 also saw a pre-qualifying session held, in the week leading into the event, at Mallala Motor Sport Park due to capacity and scheduling constraints at the Adelaide 500 event.[17]. The short form of the track has three of these. When the idea of holding a Grand Prix in the parklands was first raised, there was some opposition from people concerned about environmental damage, as the parks have a number of mature trees with birds and possums living in them. This event commenced as part of the 1985 Formula One with many well known racing identities taking part. [31], By 2017, attendance had been dropping at the event (244,350 in 2017), although television viewing figures remained strong. [3] The event had attracted older Formula 1 machinery, with Ivan Capelli holding the lap record in a March CG891.[4]. The 3.780 km (2.349 mi) long "Grand Prix" version of the track hosted eleven Formula One Australian Grand Prix events from 1985 to 1995, as well as an American Le Mans Series endurance race on New Year's Eve in 2000 (Race of a Thousand Years). Holden had dominated the event from 1999 to 2003, with three wins to Skaife and one each to Bright and Tander following Lowndes' inaugural event victory. There is no larger wildlife in the parklands, as they are heavily developed. Since 1999, a shortened version of the circuit has held the Adelaide 500 touring car race. Results, schedules, video highlights and live timing from the Clipsal 500 Adelaide, the first event of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. This leads onto the 360-metre-long Jones Straight, known as Rundle Road for the rest of the year and named after Australia's 1980 World Champion Alan Jones. The short form of the track rejoins Brabham Straight ⅔ of the way down, so the 640-metre-long Bartels Road straight is longest on that layout. [15], In 2014, Volvo rejoined the series and made an immediate impact with Scott McLaughlin fighting off Whincup on the final lap to finish second in the newly-introduced second 125 km race on Saturday. Register to be the first to find out about our brand new packages for the 2021 Superloop Adelaide 500. When a significant portion of high-profile cars retired in the first leg, the regulations were changed overnight to allow those cars to start the Sunday race. The full Grand Prix circuit bypasses the turn onto Bartels Road and continues with a sweeping left-right-right into Stag Turn (turn 9). Adelaide Clipsal 500 2011 Street Circuit This track was originally converted from F1 Challenge to rFactor by Redhawk and Flaux. [4], Held over four days in early March, the "500" itself consisted of two 250 kilometre races plus multiple practice and qualifying sessions. [30], In 2011 the Clipsal 500 was once again named Best Event of the Year (of 14) at the V8 Supercars annual awards, after an hiatus, for the eighth time. [24] Whincup's team-mate van Gisbergen was leading the Sunday race until he was forced to make an additional pitstop for fuel due to a team error and then later suffered a mechanical failure and did not finish. (ABC Radio Adelaide) The 2020 event attracted the lowest crowd since 2003, with just over 206,000 people over the event’s four days. Indeed, the total road traffic during race weekend is significantly less than there is any other day of the year.

As of 8 March 2017. It generally took place in February[1] and March, contributing to what locals term "mad March", along with the Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Fringe, WOMADelaide and Adelaide Writers' Week.

The track is essentially flat except for a small valley on the Brock Straight, and a slight incline on Jones Straight, while the run up Wakefield Road from turns 3 to 4 also has a slight incline.

Although she had already performed the song earlier, as a tribute to Senna, Turner again sung her hit song "The Best". The 2008 event was, however, marred by the death of Ashley Cooper following a crash in the second-tier Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series race. The race meetings have the feature race, but also a number of races for "lesser" categories, making four days of entertainment for the crowds of spectators, without long periods of boredom that could occur if only practice and qualifying for the main event preceded it. 0. The pit straight is used each November for the Sporting Car Club of South Australia's annual John Blanden's Climb To The Eagle. Adelaide 500. (After being put into the sport's Hall of Fame in 2005, it was ineligible for the best event award for some years). 0. [12] The 1999 race was also controversial as the original regulations stated the race was one 500 kilometre race with an overnight break at the 250 km mark. The Adelaide 500 was an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held on the streets of the east end of Adelaide, South Australia between 1999 and 2020. [30][3], Coordinates: 34°55′50″S 138°37′14″E / 34.93056°S 138.62056°E / -34.93056; 138.62056, List of Australian Touring Car Championship races, "MEDIA RELEASE: SUPERLOOP ADELAIDE 500 CLAIMS POLE POSITION AS 2020 SUPERCARS SEASON OPENER", "March madness as Adelaide Fringe, WOMADelaide, Adelaide Festival and Adelaide Writers' Week kick off", "Adelaide 500 promoters keen to understand Supercars' future", "SA Tourism Commission confirms Adelaide 500 axing", "Supercars Operations Manual 2020 - Division "A" - Administration Rules", "Robbie Williams to headline Adelaide 500 concert", Parliament of South Australia – House of Assembly Hansard, 4 November 1998, "Clipsal to drop Adelaide 500 event sponsorship", "Legendry [sic] Lowndes Blitzes Adelaide 500", "Gallery: 20 years of Adelaide 500 winners", "Mallala, Smithy and the Old Airport Track", "Percat wins chaotic rain hit Clipsal 500", "Adelaide double for van Gisbergen, Whincup DNFs", "Van Gisbergen wins in one-two for new ZB", "McLaughlin, Mustang sweep Supercars opener", "Whincup dedicates Supercars win to Holden", "Supercars 2020, Adelaide 500, Race 2, live blog, updates, video, race report", "South Australian Premier brands Adelaide 500 'unviable, "Clipsal 500 Adelaide named as nation's best major festival or event for third time", "Clipsal 500 Adelaide named as nation's best festival or event", "SA Government hopes Robbie Williams will drag spectators to V8 race", List of Australian Touring Car and V8 Supercar champions, List of Australian Touring Car Championship circuits, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adelaide_500&oldid=986183191, Recurring sporting events established in 1999, Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2020, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2019, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 October 2020, at 08:55. After winning the Saturday race, he was again in contention on Sunday until an incident with his former teammate Skaife ended his charge. [12] Despite this, the event win was awarded to Garth Tander, the only occasion in which the Sunday winner was not awarded the event win. It was known for sponsorship reasons as the Clipsal 500 and in its last years as the Superloop Adelaide 500. The rest of the four days were filled with practice, qualifying, and support races for a number of other racing categories, which over the history of the event included the Super2 Series, Super5000, SuperUtes Series, Touring Car Masters, Australian GT and Australian Carrera Cup amongst others. Our hospitality program is managed with the primary aim to make it as affordable as possible, whilst bringing value and the best experience to the track.

Supercars, then known as Group A (1985 to 1992) and Group 3A Touring Cars (1993 to 1995), had competed in support races at each of these Grands Prix although these races did not count towards the annual Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC).

The buildings and grandstands are temporary and removed each year due to ongoing campaigning by the Adelaide Parklands Preservation Association Inc. At the end of the straight, drivers negotiate the Senna Chicane, so named after triple World Champion Ayrton Senna following his death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. A sprint version of the circuit has also been used since 2014. In 2017 the organisers switched back to the original format due to the low popularity of the 125 km races from both fans and drivers. [18] The 2012 Clipsal 500 provided one of the event's most memorable finishes when Whincup chased down and overtook Will Davison on the final lap of the Saturday race. [13] The 2007 event brought about the first instance of the driver who scored the most weekend points not winning the event. The lap concludes with another right-hand hairpin (Racetrack Hairpin) onto the pit straight.

The re-profiled corner became one of the most infamous corners in Australian motorsport with several high-profile victims in the first year including Radisich and Glenn Seton. Octane Events and Triple Eight Race Engineering jointly collaborate in providing our Partners with the best value hospitality experience within the Supercars Championship. Turn 8 has been the site of many crashes in the various categories that have used the shortened version of the circuit. [22], In the week leading into the 2020 Adelaide 500, General Motors announced that the Holden brand, which was founded in Adelaide and has competed in every edition of the championship since its inception, would be retired by the end of the year. [23] The factory Holden team, run by Triple Eight Race Engineering, won the first race of the weekend with winner Jamie Whincup dedicating the win to Holden. The Sunday race was won by Shane van Gisbergen in the aftermath of his controversial decision to announce his retirement during the 2012 season before switching teams to Tekno Autosports over the off-season. ... whilst bringing value and the best experience to the track.

[11], The 1999 event saw Craig Lowndes win the Saturday race, only to be disqualified due to his involvement in an accident with Danny Osborne, and made to start from the back of the grid for race two on the Sunday. These concerns seem to have been proven unfounded, as spectators often watch magpies and rosellas when there is nothing happening on the track. NUMBER OF LAPS. It lost this position in 2010 and 2011, with the Yas V8 400 in the United Arab Emirates opening the series.

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